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The “BIPV Status Report 2024”, developed by SUPSI in collaboration with the Becquerel Institute, aims to provide actionable insights and guidance for stakeholders across the industry, from...
The building skin surfaces represent a vast potential for decentralising renewable energy investments and...
Die geneigten Photovoltaik-Module haben zurzeit ihren grossen Auftritt. Als Brüstungsbänder, Fassadenpaneele, umlaufende Vordächer oder als Balkonoder Laubengangbrüstungen...
The project dealt with indoor and outdoor testing, with a detailed characterization of the modules in the laboratory and the measurement of of the energy production of coloured versus reference modules in the...
Retrofitting the heritage buildings (listed or not) is a complex task due to legal, financial, and technical barriers. The decision makers often lack a...
The BIPV facade cladding system developed under the BIPVBOOST project was named ePIZ. It consists of a composite element, obtained by...
Unlike standalone PV utility systems and rooftop solar systems, the penetration of the BIPV sector in the market requires direct renewable...
The real estate sector in India is the second-highest employment generator in India after the agriculture sector. In the coming...
The “Indian BIPV Report 2022: Status and Roadmap” has been developed by SUPSI-ISAAC and CSIR-NIIST. It...
The BIPV design of the project includes a photovoltaic roof integrated system and a photovoltaic enclosure integrated system. These.....
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The main design concept of our house is adapting the Emirati culture and their housing ideas by upgrading it with modern techniques that ...
When renovating existing buildings, the energy retrofit of building envelopes is often implemented. Typically, this intervention is considered by building owners...
This article introduces chapter 1 "Evolution of BIPV in 40 years: architecture, technology & costs" of the BIPV Status Report 2020 "Building...
Integrating PV in building skin today requires an accurate performance assessment in accordance with construction norms and PV standards...
To optimize the production of solar panels, one of the most investigated aspect is the relation between solar yield with orientation...
Shading reduces PV efficiency and could cause safety issues triggered by different levels of current in the solar cells. In case of partial shading...
The paradigm of sustainability and the increasing demand of nearly zero energy and plus energy buildings are rapidly transforming building skin...
The BIPV market in Europe is in a transition. The past decades of a slowly emerging BIPV market have been characterized by the original...
Quite often there is a tendency to avoid the use of photovoltaics because it is believed that it costs significantly more than traditional building...
On 5 July 2019, the sustainability institute applied to the built environment of SUPSI, with the support from the Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)...
Why hasn’t more building-integrated PV (BIPV) been installed throughout the world? The simplest answer is that a PV module does not architecture...
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